Whether you do or not, you probably know someone who does. {Most people who claim they don't judge others usually notice other people's faults.}

It goes like this. Overweight people point at the smokers and say at least I'm not smoking. Prescription pill people look at the marijuana users and say at least mine is legal.

Marijuana users, ok they are usually too relaxed to say a whole lot, but you get my point.

Your standards are yours.

The moment you try to make yourself feel better by comparing to someone else's standards, you lose. The other direction works. You can look at someone and say, they hold themselves to a higher standard than I do in (choose your favorite area) and I'm going to change.

As I walk the Speaking of Willoughby journey, I'm trying to raise all my standards.

I have to. Continually raising your standards is the only way progress happens. With that in mind, let's talk SAAP.

SAAP stands for Standards, Action, Accountability, and Passion.

Standards sets the table.

You have to be intentional, personally and professionally.

In your personal life, it might be about the amount of time you spend with your spouse.

At work, it might be the two step rule. At {your business} we have the two step rule. Before the customer takes two steps inside the door, they will be offered help.

Without set standards in your relationships, you can quickly become roommates.

In business, you can be one of the businesses where people can walk in your store, pull out their phone, order what they could be buying from you on Amazon and leave before anyone makes eye contact with them. Usually when that happens, somehow it's advertisings fault.

Here's where I am in the journey.

My focus is at an all time high. I have to stay aggressive. If I'm not aggressive, I become comfortable, and then just flat out lazy. There's not enough time left to be lazy. {40 years wouldn't be enough time}

What about you? What are your standards that need improvement?

When we are intentional about standards, our lives get better. Not because crap doesn't happen, it does.

When we have higher standards, our reactions to those problems are better. Think about your standards. What is your best standard? What standard do you want to improve on the most?

SAAP stands for Standards, Action, Accountability, and Passion.

Raised standards is usually a contact sport. It takes Action.

Even with today's technology and tools, nothing beats good ole fashion action. Match your standards with action and you get progress.

Progress produces more focus on standards which gives you additional progress. Action keeps the drama, excuses, and bad culture away.

Are you taking the action you need to hit the standards you set?

SAAP stands for Standards, Action, Accountability, and Passion

Accountability is easier with systems. Good systems will focus you on the next step. How you manage those systems is your accountability. It will always come down to being intentional.

Are you intentional enough to create the life you want for you and your family?

SAAP stands for Standards, Action, Accountability, and Passion

Passion provides the why to get my ass out of bed at 3:45 AM. I am too scared to miss my why.

Proverbs 29:18 talks about where there is no vision people perish.

Uh, Willoughby you said passion and now you are using vision, which one is it?

Great question, I see it as the same thing. Vision without passion is boring. Passion without vision can be annoying.

The fact is passion drives the vision, but the vision keeps the passion ignited. I'm focused on being more intentional. Being intentional with a strong vision generates passion.